Information about #4B5B62 color

#4B5B62 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #4B5B62 belongs to the Azure Color Family, featuring Low Saturation and Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(75, 91, 98) — 29.4% red, 35.7% green, 38.4% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 9 / 3 / 0 / 62. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #4B5B62 reads as a calm, restrained steel-blue azure and holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Fiord (#4B5A62). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Compass (#4B5761) and Haast Shale (#515664).

The recipe behind #4B5B62 is rgb(75, 91, 98), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #4B5B62: 7.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 3.0:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:62), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #4B5B62 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#4B5B62 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#4B5B62 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #4B5B62

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Fiord color link
Fiord

#4B5A62

Compass color link
Compass

#4B5761

Haast Shale color link
Haast Shale

#515664

San Juan color link
San Juan

#445761

Snapshot color link
Snapshot

#505F67

Smalt Blue color link
Smalt Blue

#496267

Dalek color link
Dalek

#475769

Hammerhead color link
Hammerhead

#515769

Jimmy Dean color link
Jimmy Dean

#51535D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4B5B62
  • RGB75, 91, 98
  • CMYK9, 3, 0, 62
  • CSSrgb(75, 91, 98)
  • HSL198°, 13%, 34%
  • HSL Precise198.261°, 13.295%, 33.922%
  • HSV198°, 23%, 38%
  • HSB198°, 23%, 38%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.384
  • GLSLvec3(0.294, 0.357, 0.384)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.294, 0.357, 0.384, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.294, 0.357, 0.384)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB29.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB38.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4B5B62
  • DECIMAL ID4938594
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01